Tatakau Shisho
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Armed Librarians
Written by Ishio Yamagata
Published by Shueisha
10 volumes completeSynopsis (from Wikipedia)
In a world where deceased people turn into stone-like books and are stored in the Bantorra Library, anyone who reads a book can learn its past. Bantorra Library is maintained by the Armed Librarians, who wield supernatural abilities, and their enemy is a psychotic cult known as Shindeki Church. As the story progresses it presents a world of sorrow and pain, and the unfairness and frugality of life, as well as personal desires. However, in each arc there is also a small underlying hope, and more of the reasons, conspiracies, and secrets are revealed behind everything.Why I want it:
Number on reason: Ishio Yamagata wrote Rokka, and I think that series is great. This looks to be similar in that it has intricate plotting and dark storylines but with main characters you can root for. I think the idea of people turning into books that you can read upon death is pretty unique and fascinating too, something I think Yamagata could do well with. Also I like stories where the villains are cult Churches, so yay for that. There was an anime that I haven’t seen, maybe someone else can chime in about that.Also, it’s complete and seems to have an ending (someone correct me if I’m wrong here) which is nice.
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The anime for this one is titled The Book of Bantorra iirc (just posting that so it'll pop up in search).
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@terrence Ah, thank you! Did you see it?
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@the-green-death said in Tatakau Shisho:
@terrence Ah, thank you! Did you see it?
I skimmed through it (it didn't catch my interest at the time). I honestly can't remember anything (I remember one of the characters having a house on a tall hill... I think, lol).
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@terrence A house on a tall hill?! Now I need to read this series! ;)
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Looking at the GIFS of this, it's a lot of PLOT and LIFE, mixed in between battles. Definitely a bit different than Rokka.
@the-green-death said in Tatakau Shisho:
@terrence A house on a tall hill?! Now I need to read this series! ;)
Yes... Truly the series of series with houses on hilltops. The Hilltop Steakhouse of series you could say.
Edit: The series is on Hidive
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The anime was great, but a little slow at the start. From what I heard they adapted all books but skipped some contents.
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Yeah, I really liked the anime too.
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I liked the anime, but it felt a bit rushed towards the end. I'd definitely read the novels.
